Devil's Island Movie Review 1996

An abandoned military base is being used to house poor families outside Reykjavik in the '50s. The trash-filled landscape offers little to those who live there, including four generations of one eccentric no-hope family. The usual family dysfunction is all played for exaggerated caricature. Icelandic with subtitles.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 103 minutes.
Originally from Icelandic.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Cold Spots, Family Ties, Hard Knock Life, Period Piece: 1950s

Screenplay

Einar Karason

Cast

Gisli Halldorsson, Baltasar Kormakur, Sveinn Geirsson, Sigurveig Jonsdottir

Cinematography

Ari Kristinsson

Director

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Music

Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson